With Steelmaking Still Months Off, Tata Steel Dedicates New Integrated Plant
11/18/2015 - Tata Steel has inaugurated its new 6-million-metric-ton integrated steelworks in India, even though it will be a few more months before steelmaking begins.
"The Kalinganagar Steel plant is yet another journey of growth and development for (the state of) Odisha, Tata Group and Tata Steel. It is indeed a great pleasure to dedicate this plant to the State of Odisha today,” said Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry in a statement.
“This plant is our key commitment towards nation building and an effort to ensure sustainable growth. I am confident that the plant will achieve global benchmarks in steel production, and at the same time will remain committed to growth and development of the State of Odisha," he said.
The mill is being built in phases, the first of which will allow for 3.2 million metric tons of production per year.
However, the blast furnace, sinter plant and meltshop have yet to receive approvals from the Odisha State Pollution Control Board, according to the Business Standard newspaper. So far, only the power plant, coke plant and hot strip mill have received environmental clearance, officials said, according to the newspaper.
“We have already started commissioning process of the coke plant and the hot strip mill according to the plan, and the next in line is the blast furnace, sinter plant and steel melting shop. After all the plants are successfully commissioned, trial production would commence,” a company spokesperson said.
The coke was fired up in September, and the hot strip mill has begun rolling slabs procured from Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant, the newspaper said.
The project is expected to lift Tata’s domestic steel production to 13 million metric tons annually.
“This plant is our key commitment towards nation building and an effort to ensure sustainable growth. I am confident that the plant will achieve global benchmarks in steel production, and at the same time will remain committed to growth and development of the State of Odisha," he said.
The mill is being built in phases, the first of which will allow for 3.2 million metric tons of production per year.
However, the blast furnace, sinter plant and meltshop have yet to receive approvals from the Odisha State Pollution Control Board, according to the Business Standard newspaper. So far, only the power plant, coke plant and hot strip mill have received environmental clearance, officials said, according to the newspaper.
“We have already started commissioning process of the coke plant and the hot strip mill according to the plan, and the next in line is the blast furnace, sinter plant and steel melting shop. After all the plants are successfully commissioned, trial production would commence,” a company spokesperson said.
The coke was fired up in September, and the hot strip mill has begun rolling slabs procured from Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant, the newspaper said.
The project is expected to lift Tata’s domestic steel production to 13 million metric tons annually.
